Caraballo's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

24-year old forward Osbel Caraballo (196-F-1998) had a great game in the last round for Gigantes and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 19.
He had a double-double of 29 points and 11 rebounds, while his team edged out Marinos (#8, 3-11) 76-72. Gigantes maintains the 7th position in their group in Venezuelan league. Gigantes is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 6-8 record. In the team's last game Caraballo had a remarkable 68.8% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Gigantes, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Osbel Caraballo averages this season 8.1ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Adrian Espinoza (210-C/F-1997) of Taurinos. He is former international in his first season at Taurinos. In the last game Espinoza recorded impressive double-double of 17 points and 18 rebounds. It was enough for Taurinos to edge the higher-ranked Gaiteros (#5, 9-7) by 6 points 95-89. Taurinos' 9th position in Western Conference has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 5-11 record. Espinoza is one of the most experienced players at Taurinos and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Jhonatan Araujo (206-F/C-1996) of Centauros (#7). Araujo scored 18 points and grabbed fourteen rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Centauros, leading his team to a 89-83 win against the higher-ranked Trotamundos (#4, 11-5). The chances of Centauros ranking at the top of Western Conference, however are very questionable as they have already lost 9 games, recording just six victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Araujo could help Centauros to bring them higher in the standings. Araujo has a great season in Venezuela. After 13 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 8.9rpg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. James Reese V (193-G-1998) of Brillantes - 24 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Bryant Duran (180-G-1999) of Taurinos - 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Gaston Semiglia (186-SG-1991) of Toros - 32 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Quade Green (183-PG-1998) of Centauros - 30 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Jean Payen (193-SF-2003) of Taurinos - 25 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Yerri Flores (188-PG-1996) of Llaneros - 29 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Yeison Colome (190-SG-1996) of Marinos - 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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Tags : OSBEL CARABALLO, GIGANTES DE GUAYANA, VENEZUELAN BASKETBALL